Nightfall Berlin
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- Author：Jack Grimwood
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Summary
In 1986， news that East-West nuclear-arms negotiations are taking place lead many to believe the Cold War may finally be thawing。
For British intelligence officer Major Tom Fox， however， it is business as usual。
Ordered to arrange the smooth repatriation of a defector， Fox is smuggled into East Berlin。 But it soon becomes clear that there is more to this than an old man wishing to return home to die - a fact cruelly confirmed when Fox's mission is fatally compromised。
Trapped in East Berlin， hunted by an army of Stasi agents and wanted for murder by those on both sides of the Wall， Fox must somehow elude capture and get out alive。
But to do so he must discover who sabotaged his mission and why。。。
Nightfall Berlin is a tense， atmospheric and breathtaking thriller that drops you deep into the icy heard of the Cold War。
For British intelligence officer Major Tom Fox， however， it is business as usual。
Ordered to arrange the smooth repatriation of a defector， Fox is smuggled into East Berlin。 But it soon becomes clear that there is more to this than an old man wishing to return home to die - a fact cruelly confirmed when Fox's mission is fatally compromised。
Trapped in East Berlin， hunted by an army of Stasi agents and wanted for murder by those on both sides of the Wall， Fox must somehow elude capture and get out alive。
But to do so he must discover who sabotaged his mission and why。。。
Nightfall Berlin is a tense， atmospheric and breathtaking thriller that drops you deep into the icy heard of the Cold War。
Reviews
Wolfgang Kasper
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A kaleidoscope of page turnersOver one- hundred mini chapters piece together a spy story。 Not always easy to fit the mini chapters together and sometimes annoying to have action artificially interrupted by switch backs。 Nonetheless， it becomes a gripping page turner。 A Le Carré it is not， too much violence， too much murder。 Too little psychology， too little historic context。
Diogenes
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Exceptionally well-told tale involving espionage， murder， kidnapping and a ballerina。 The characters are brought to life with empathy and precision， especially a prodigious 11-year-old boy。 The non-linear timeline can be confusing at first， but the entire work fuses brilliantly to a very satisfying conclusion。Caveat: Some quite brutal scenes。
Nigel
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GUARANTEE if you like Mick Herron you'll probably like this。 Different time and setting， but another brilliant modern take on the espionage thriller。 GUARANTEE if you like Mick Herron you'll probably like this。 Different time and setting， but another brilliant modern take on the espionage thriller。 。。。more
AdiTurbo
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Effective Cold War thriller， less memorable than the previous novel in the series but held my interest throughout。 Interesting characters， great atmosphere。
Philippe Bogdanoff
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I did not like this bookPoorly writtenI've read author's book Moskva and liked that one， therefor decided to read another one and was very much disappointed I did not like this bookPoorly writtenI've read author's book Moskva and liked that one， therefor decided to read another one and was very much disappointed 。。。more
Leah Ford
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A book club book and a very good read。This is fast paced book and the plot was full of twists and turns。Good strong characters that are well developed。Not my normal read but i would recommend the read。
John Fullerton
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Highly entertaining - and the author can write， and write well， which is more than can be said for some contemporary thriller writers。 What's more， he's done his research and he took the trouble to spend time in Berlin。 Highly entertaining - and the author can write， and write well， which is more than can be said for some contemporary thriller writers。 What's more， he's done his research and he took the trouble to spend time in Berlin。 。。。more
Rob
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Really enjoyable read， good follow up to the 1st book， if not as good。 Interesting characters & well set。 A 7 out of 10， lost a point as I thought the final scene in Berlin was somewhat unbelievable & very drawn out。
Jo
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More Fox。 More Fox， please！
Lysergius
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Another murky tale of espionage and dirty dealings from Jack Grimwood set in Berlin this time。 Tom Fox is back again with most of the cast of characters from Moskva in another fascinating， non-stop， action-packed， tale of intrigue and double dealing。 Fabulous！
Don Teale
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Quite good but not Le CarreI enjoyed the book， it seemed to come together a little bit quickly at the end。 However， more James Bond than Similie， and I was irritated by constant references to Le Carre。 I love Ian Rankin， but maybe he needs to reread Le Carre before issuing such heady endorsements。
Bookwormthings
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This didn't need the establishment child abuse subplot， in the light of subsequent real world events it really dates what is otherwise a good thriller。 This didn't need the establishment child abuse subplot， in the light of subsequent real world events it really dates what is otherwise a good thriller。 。。。more
Ann
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A different Cold War espionage thriller。 I have to say I understood very little of it。 An UK major is asked to go to East Berlin and retrieve a defector who wants to return to England。 This seems to be related to the fact that the old defector is writing his memoirs， and that prominent people may be named as having been involved in a pedophilia ring。 So， while prominent people back in the UK are committing suicide or having accidents， Major Fox gets into a mess in Berlin when the defector and hi A different Cold War espionage thriller。 I have to say I understood very little of it。 An UK major is asked to go to East Berlin and retrieve a defector who wants to return to England。 This seems to be related to the fact that the old defector is writing his memoirs， and that prominent people may be named as having been involved in a pedophilia ring。 So， while prominent people back in the UK are committing suicide or having accidents， Major Fox gets into a mess in Berlin when the defector and his bodyguard are found murdered。 Soon he's on the run， hunted by everyone : the East Germans， the Russians and the English， all of whom want the mysterious memoirs。 As I said， I couldn't piece it all together。 Why does the defector want to come back to the UK？ Who wants what for what reason？ The story of Major Fox' friendship with a Russian general who steps in to save him was not really believable。I also thought Major Fox was poorly characterized。 He seems to have been abused in his youth， but was this in the same pedophilia ring that's going to be revealed in the disappeared memoirs？ What is the story with his daughter's suicide？ How come his wife is suddenly receiving chemo？ And what's up with his son Charlie， who seems to be profiled as being a math or physics prodigy？ 。。。more
dennis barron
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Nightfall Berlin Jack GrimwoodTom Fox is a spy。 Extremely good at his trade。 The wall in Berlin is still up。 Both sides of the wall is full of deceptions， lies and partial truths。 Tom has been sent to escort home a British traitor。 The Russians are willing to let him go。 This particular traitor holds the title of an English Lord。 He knows very dark secrets that the British， Russians and East Germans are willing to kill for。 And they do。 Tom Fox is caught in the middle of all of this。 He has alli Nightfall Berlin Jack GrimwoodTom Fox is a spy。 Extremely good at his trade。 The wall in Berlin is still up。 Both sides of the wall is full of deceptions， lies and partial truths。 Tom has been sent to escort home a British traitor。 The Russians are willing to let him go。 This particular traitor holds the title of an English Lord。 He knows very dark secrets that the British， Russians and East Germans are willing to kill for。 And they do。 Tom Fox is caught in the middle of all of this。 He has allies， Russians who are willing to help him， but there is always a price to be payed。 This is a masterfully written spy thriller。 My highest recommendation。 。。。more
Ansgar Dierkes
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I grew up in Berlin during the timeframe the book is set in。 None of the atmospherics ring true， none。 If they had， I might have overlooked the ridiculously thread-bare plot and the QAnon-like pedophile conspiracy nonsense。 As it is， Grimmwood gets two stars for good pacing and and a writing style that's noticably better than most wanna-be Ian Flemming successors out there。 In summary: OK， pick this book up at an airport before a long flight and suspend your critical thinking for a bit。 If that' I grew up in Berlin during the timeframe the book is set in。 None of the atmospherics ring true， none。 If they had， I might have overlooked the ridiculously thread-bare plot and the QAnon-like pedophile conspiracy nonsense。 As it is， Grimmwood gets two stars for good pacing and and a writing style that's noticably better than most wanna-be Ian Flemming successors out there。 In summary: OK， pick this book up at an airport before a long flight and suspend your critical thinking for a bit。 If that's not the situation you're in， skip it。 。。。more
Eric_W
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At the end of the war， Berlin was a mess。 Children wandered the streets， people were starving， and anything could be had for a cigarette。 Add to the mix thousands of soldiers， all of them bored， and you have a recipe for depredation。 "‘The ruins turned us all into rats … The self can be pretty vile if let off the leash。’ All those feral children。 All that hunger and starvation。 It must have been a feeding frenzy for someone like Blackburn。 He wouldn’t have been alone either。 Men like that recogn At the end of the war， Berlin was a mess。 Children wandered the streets， people were starving， and anything could be had for a cigarette。 Add to the mix thousands of soldiers， all of them bored， and you have a recipe for depredation。 "‘The ruins turned us all into rats … The self can be pretty vile if let off the leash。’ All those feral children。 All that hunger and starvation。 It must have been a feeding frenzy for someone like Blackburn。 He wouldn’t have been alone either。 Men like that recognized each other， hunted in packs， and protected each other。 。 。 It was like stepping into hell。 The problem is， some men like hell。" Some of those predators were officers and they turned a lodge into a true den of iniquity， some of them preying on children。 But someone else was writing down the names of the worst， and many of those same men went on to high-level careers in government。 Throw in those who want to sabotage the glasnost talks about reducing nuclear weapons and you have a rather incendiary mix。 Major Tom Fox is sent to Berlin to bring back a former defector。 It was to be a simple mission。 He has none of the above information， but soon it's apparent that someone wants the defector dead and Tom， too。 But， most of all they want the memoirs the defector had been supposedly writing as he had the list of names。 Fox is caught in a vice but has no idea who's turning the screws。 When his children is kidnapped to coerce his cooperation， things get desperate。This book will suck you into it as it races to the conclusion。 I have already ordered Grimwood's other book。 Superior spy novel。 。。。more
Colby
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Absolutely first class！
rob
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I have read Grimwood's first Tom Fox novel， "Moskva" and am a fair way into "Nightfall Berlin"。 More and more I feel Grimwood is emulating Gerald Seymour， but is nowhere near as good as the original。 I have read Grimwood's first Tom Fox novel， "Moskva" and am a fair way into "Nightfall Berlin"。 More and more I feel Grimwood is emulating Gerald Seymour， but is nowhere near as good as the original。 。。。more
Peter Thew
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Le Carre it is not。 Nicely set up plot， but ludicrous chase to end it。
Jia Cherng
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Another great book from Grimwood。 This continuation of Moskva is a good book but lacks the power and emotion of the first。 As with Moskva， the book has some elaborate plot but the resolution of this is a bit hasty， just shoving all the blame to one guy at the end。 That said， Tom Fox still has potential to become a successful franchise。 I've to note that the novel ends with a question mark to the state of Caro， so I hope that we readers may get more of Tom Fox in the future。 Another great book from Grimwood。 This continuation of Moskva is a good book but lacks the power and emotion of the first。 As with Moskva， the book has some elaborate plot but the resolution of this is a bit hasty， just shoving all the blame to one guy at the end。 That said， Tom Fox still has potential to become a successful franchise。 I've to note that the novel ends with a question mark to the state of Caro， so I hope that we readers may get more of Tom Fox in the future。 。。。more
Studvet
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Better and easier to follow than the first one。 Complex story， skilfully plotted and quite good， if very unbelievable in parts。 Liked the setting behind the wall and the chicanery， but a pity he isn't a clearer writer as quite often I lost track of who said what and where and I had to check back。 Same in the first novel but better in this one。 That said， it was enjoyable with a good backstory and definitely not Airport Lite。 Better and easier to follow than the first one。 Complex story， skilfully plotted and quite good， if very unbelievable in parts。 Liked the setting behind the wall and the chicanery， but a pity he isn't a clearer writer as quite often I lost track of who said what and where and I had to check back。 Same in the first novel but better in this one。 That said， it was enjoyable with a good backstory and definitely not Airport Lite。 。。。more
Carolyn
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Too bitty for meFelt there was too much jumping around between locations/time frames/ characters。 The story didn't flow well enough for me because of this。 Too bitty for meFelt there was too much jumping around between locations/time frames/ characters。 The story didn't flow well enough for me because of this。 。。。more
John Nicholson
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Excellent， believable Cold War novel。 Plenty of twists。
Craig Dickson
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This was a really good and gripping thriller set in 1986。 I picked it up as it seemed like it'd be a nice wee spy story to read while relaxing on my holiday。 It absolutely was that， BUT a major part of the story was about a paedophile ring， and a good part of the tension came from Children In Danger。 I would probably have picked another book for my light beach reading if I'd known that！ I've never been a fan of Children In Danger in stories， and even less so since I became a father myself。 I acc This was a really good and gripping thriller set in 1986。 I picked it up as it seemed like it'd be a nice wee spy story to read while relaxing on my holiday。 It absolutely was that， BUT a major part of the story was about a paedophile ring， and a good part of the tension came from Children In Danger。 I would probably have picked another book for my light beach reading if I'd known that！ I've never been a fan of Children In Danger in stories， and even less so since I became a father myself。 I accept that children in the world are indeed in danger， and we should do everything in our power to stop that and help all children， I just simultaneously don't choose to get into that in my light entertainment diet。Anyway， it was well-written and fully page-turning， and did indeed give me my cold war spies running about in East Berlin fix， and I'll probably read the others in the series as they come out。 This is part two in a series （another thing I wasn't aware of when I picked it up - I'm starting to think that was a deliberately misleading blurb the more I consider it）， and I might read the first one， although I feel like there were some pretty major spoilers for that in this one。 We'll see。Either way， a more than decent book， just a bit darker than I'd planned for！ 。。。more
Pirate
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Excellent read， dark thriller with a very strong principal character whose family story is one of the book's strengths， both his childhood and that of his present。 All the characters are very well drawn and the ambience of East Berlin as well as the competing between the Soviet masters and their East German counterparts is excellent。 Very original if brutal ending to boot。 Excellent read， dark thriller with a very strong principal character whose family story is one of the book's strengths， both his childhood and that of his present。 All the characters are very well drawn and the ambience of East Berlin as well as the competing between the Soviet masters and their East German counterparts is excellent。 Very original if brutal ending to boot。 。。。more
Dom Mooney
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It's not a le Carré by any means of the imagination （it's too far towards the thriller end of the spy genre）， but this was an enjoyable 1980s story set mainly in Berlin （as you may guess from the title）。 The underpinning theme is pretty hard， as it involves abhorrent acts in the post-War period。 I can't say much more without spoilers。I liked Jack Grimwood's SF （writing as Jon Courtney Grimwood） and I like this enough that I'll pick up Moskva at some point。 If I wanted a le Carré substitute then It's not a le Carré by any means of the imagination （it's too far towards the thriller end of the spy genre）， but this was an enjoyable 1980s story set mainly in Berlin （as you may guess from the title）。 The underpinning theme is pretty hard， as it involves abhorrent acts in the post-War period。 I can't say much more without spoilers。I liked Jack Grimwood's SF （writing as Jon Courtney Grimwood） and I like this enough that I'll pick up Moskva at some point。 If I wanted a le Carré substitute then I'd go for Charles Cumming ahead of this。 。。。more
Wilde Sky
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A man is sent on a mission to help a defector return home， but nothing goes to plan。The writing was a bit clunky in places and some of the plot was a bit dodgy but overall this was an entertaining read。Reading time around seven hours。
Simon Cox
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Not bad。
Ian Cann
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Fast moving， deftly plotted and tense with well drawn characters， Nightfall Berlin is a cracking little espionage novel - not quite Le Carre obviously but still a rollicking good ride to the end， though be warned the subject matter at the heart of the plot is a dark subject。The 80s Cold War setting is well done and although apparently this is the second novel of a series， it stands alone perfectly well and fills in a lot of background detail so you're not left swimming in treacle unknowing of wh Fast moving， deftly plotted and tense with well drawn characters， Nightfall Berlin is a cracking little espionage novel - not quite Le Carre obviously but still a rollicking good ride to the end， though be warned the subject matter at the heart of the plot is a dark subject。The 80s Cold War setting is well done and although apparently this is the second novel of a series， it stands alone perfectly well and fills in a lot of background detail so you're not left swimming in treacle unknowing of what's got you to where the plot's going。 。。。more
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